Stalin

Source: www.reuters.com --- 4 days ago
GORI, Georgia (Reuters) - When Russian bombs began falling on Gori, Robert Maglakelidze took a desperate decision: he loaded his car with a precious consignment and fled along the dangerous road to Tbilisi. ...

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Georgian refugees playing in front of Gori's Stalin monument last week. ...

Source: www.cbc.ca --- 3 days ago
The director of the Josef Stalin museum in Gori, Georgia, says he had to flee to the capital of Tbilisi in his car loaded with precious items from the museum during the Russian bombing of the country. ...

Source: news.telegraph.co.uk --- 1 day ago
Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin claims he acted "rationally" in executing millions of people in the Gulags a Russian school book claims. ...

Source: www.dailymail.co.uk --- 2 days ago
Stalin acted 'entirely rationally' in executing and imprisoning millions of people in the Gulags, a controversial new Russian teaching manual claims. ...

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Source: www.iht.com --- 3 days ago
A new teachers' manual describes Josef Stalin as having acted rationally, leading critics to label the book an attempt to whitewash the dictator's crimes. ...

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Source: blogs.independent.co.uk --- 27 days ago
By Mary Dejevsky Stalin's Children: Three Generations of Love and Betrayal By Owen Matthews This is an account, based on the letters exchanged by the author's parents over seven years, of a love affair held hostage to the cold war.... ...

Source: www.expressindia.com --- 1 day ago
A controversial new Russian book claims that Stalin acted 'entirely rationally' in executing and imprisoning millions of people in Gulag labour camps in remote areas of Siberia. ...

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"A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic." ...

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*Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin claims he acted "rationally" in executing and imprisoning millions of people in the Gulags, a Russian school book claims. * By Chris Irvine The book, A History of Russia, 1900-1945, will be used as a teaching guide in Russian schools, 55 years after Stalin died. It is designed for teachers to promote patriotism among the Russian young, and seems to follow an attempt backed by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to re-evaluate Stalin's record in a more positive light. Millions were shot, exiled to Siberia or died of starvation after their land and homes were taken to fulfil Stalin's vision of massive "factory farms" in the 1920s, while in the 1930s anyone who was a threat was executed or exiled to Gulag labour camps in Siberia. Historians believe up to 20 million people died as a result of his actions, many times more than were killed under Hitler's Nazi regime in Germany. The manual says: "He acted entirely rationally - as the guardian of a system, as a consistent support of reshaping the country into an industrialised state." It is produced by the country's leading school book publishers Prosveshenije, a state-supported company that used to have a monopoly on the supply of classroom texts in the Soviet era. Editor Alexander Danilove said: "We are not defending Stalin. We are just exploring his personality, explaining his motives and showing what he really achieved." Alexander Kamensky, of the Russia State Univ ...

Source: www.telegraphindia.com --- 3 days ago
Gori, Georgia, Aug. 31 (Reuters): When Russian bombs began falling on Gori, Robert Maglakelidze took a desperate decision: he loaded his car with a precious consignment and fled along the dangerous road to Tbilisi. ...

Source: news.sawf.org --- 7 days ago
When Russian jets started bombing the Georgian city of Gori, the director of the state Stalin museum had only one thought. The personal possessions of the city's most famous son. ...

Source: www.slamxhype.com --- 24 days ago
Oliver Rodriguez-Kroll has compiled an interesting collection of works for his latest exhibition entitled “Zirkus Stalin Zirkus Hollywood.” A really exciting prospect from this artist whose work entails a feel comprimised of the darker side of life. While an attraction of the showcase will have to be the some 300 Star Wars storm trooper figures [...] ...

Source: www.deugarte.com --- 31 days ago
Los viejos totalitarismos nunca mueren (por desgracia) ...

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Source: hnn.us --- 3 days ago
Source: International Herald Tribune (8-31-08) Last year, a Russian teachers' manual described Josef Stalin as an "effective manager." Now, a new teachers' manual says the Soviet dictator acted rationally in conducting a campaign of terror to ensure the country's modernization. The new manual, "A History of Russia, 1900-1945," is part of a series of educational material that the authors say will help promote patriotism in young people. Critics have taken exception to excerpts that they say are attempts to whitewash Stalin's crimes. A textbook to accompany the teachers' manual has not yet been finalized, so it will not be in the classroom when the school year begins Monday. The textbook is expected to be completed in March and there is no guarantee that the assessment of Stalin will remain. ...

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